I agree. They are healthier because they get more exercise. They are happier because they can do what they were born to do.
The time Myrtle got sucked off my shoulder by the wind, if she had not been such a proficient flyer I would have lost her. The wind blew her back and forth all over my front yard and she kept righting herself. She managed to grab the top twig of my neighbors tree. If she was not flighted she would not have the muscle to fight the wind and she would land in another neighborhood. As it was she held onto her twig and yelled Ma until help came.






